Today myself a bunch of other runners took part in the 2016 annual Portugal day 5k. This race has special meaning to me, its in my old neighborhood of the Ironbound, and it was the first organized race I did back in my younger days ( it used to be a 2-mile and 10k back ...

This was the second race of my weekend, yesterday I had done a 5-mile trail run.. Because of the unseasonable cold winter and Spring I didn’t expect many blooms this year in the 2014 edition of the Essex County Cherry Blossom 10K at Newark’s Branch brook park. This race is a popular 10k race held ...

The Cherry Blossom 10K in Newark’s Branch brook park, is a popular 10k race held in mid-April (typically during the height of the cherry blossom bloom) and sponsored by the Essex county parks system ,part of the race proceeds go towards the Special Olympics and its a well organized and attended local race. This is my personal favorite running ...